Parietal stimulation decouples spatial and feature-based attention

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 44, 2008, Pages 11106-11110

  Schenkluhn, Bertram ^a,b   Ruff, Christian C ^a,b   Heinen, Klaartje ^a,b,c   Chambers, Christopher D ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Feature based selection; Parietal cortex; Spatial selection; Top down control; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SUBICULUM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 56149114103     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3591-08.2008     Document Type: Article

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